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DANIEL BULL, or AMBoY, ILLINOIS, AssIeNon To J. D, BooKEn- AND W. s.BEST.

Letters Pate/zt No. 62,245, daicd l'lelimlary 19, 1867.

IMPROVBD TABLE-LEAP sUPPoRTIsR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY ONCERN Be it known that I, DANIEL BULL, of Amboy, inthe county of Lee, and.` in the State of Illinois, have i inventedcertain new and usefulimprovements in Table-Leaf Suppo1tcrs,'and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof', reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,and the letters of reference marked thereon, making n part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents an end View of a table,with side view ot' supporter; and Figure 2 an inverted plan view of thesupporter. 4 In the annexed drawings, A represents an'ordinary diningtable. Under the leaf` B is secured the supporter.l This supporter iscomposed of a metallic'shelllshaped plate, a, provided with small ears,`v 11, with holes for attaching it to the table.` Lying within the platea is a small bar, c, with a pad, y, at the end, and having a curvedportion, b, which supports the table leaf. There is an opening made inthe plate a, directly beneath where the pad y rests, while directlyTabove the pad is an opening in the table leaf, into which is inserted acoilspring, at. d represents a metal strip having a notch at itslower-end, and which is secured to thetable frame directly opposite tothe curved supporter b, so that when the lcaf'is up the end of thesupporter strikes 'the strip and. catches into its notch, firmly`supporting the table. When it is desired to lower the leaf, press uponthe pad y, which compresses the spring a: and cai-ries the en'd of'supporter from the notch; t-hen lower the leaf', and thecurved-supporter, passing around the table` frame, goes upwards underthe table top, as shown in red lines, iig. 1. The hinge 8 s of the bar cmay be either used or dispensed with.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The har vc b, in combinationwith the strip d, as constructed, and the plate a, when said plate `isconstructed so as to protect the end of the bar c, over which it rests,and is Yprovided with an opening through which the pad yds operated,substantially as and for the jpurpos'e specified. V

In testimony that I velairn the foregoing 'I have hereunto set my handand seal this sixth day of November, 1866. i

DANIEL BULL. [n 5.] Witnesses:

J. M. MASON, B. TREADWELL.

